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单词 vaticide
释义 I. vaticide1|ˈvætɪsaɪd|
[f. L. vāti-, stem of vātēs prophet + -cide 1.]
One who kills a prophet. Also fig.
1728Pope Dunc. ii. 74 Then first (if Poets aught of truth declare) The caitiff Vaticide conceiv'd a prayer.1746Smollett Reproof 171, I see with joy, the vaticide deplore An hell-denouncing priest and sov'reign whore.1749Regicide Pref. p. vii, My Patience being by this Time quite exhausted, I desired a Gentleman who interested himself in my Concerns, to go and expostulate with the Vaticide [sc. the Manager of Drury-lane Theatre].
II. ˈvaticide2 rare.
[f. as prec. + -cide 2.]
The killing of a prophet.
1853Landor Wks. (1876) V. 119 Vaticide is no crime in the Statute-book.
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